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title: '5 Cheap & Easy DIY Landscaping Tips & Ideas (Plus Bonus Tips!) 🌱'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=gYXO4WFBhqo'
video_id: 'gYXO4WFBhqo'
date: 2026-06-30
duration_sec: 657
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# 5 Cheap & Easy DIY Landscaping Tips & Ideas (Plus Bonus Tips!) 🌱

> Source: [5 Cheap & Easy DIY Landscaping Tips & Ideas (Plus Bonus Tips!) 🌱](https://youtube.com/watch?v=gYXO4WFBhqo)

## Summary

This video presents five practical and affordable DIY landscaping tips to enhance curb appeal, covering garden bed layout, edging, tree pruning, planting, concrete maintenance, and outdoor lighting.

### Key Points

- **Garden Bed Layout** [0:00] — Use a hose for organic curves and string for straight lines, marking with spray paint.
- **Cutting the Perfect Edge** [1:17] — Make a 4-inch vertical cut then taper at 45 degrees to keep grass out; maintain with a string trimmer held upside down.
- **Pruning Trees with Reciprocating Saw** [3:49] — Use a reciprocating saw with a pruning blade instead of a chainsaw—safer, cheaper, and can cut near dirt.
- **Planting and Lawn Care** [4:52] — Use an auger drill attachment for planting holes, add starter fertilizer, and consider Sunday lawn care for customized plans.
- **Concrete Crack Filler & Pressure Washing** [7:03] — Use DAP dry mortar crack filler (zero shrinkage, cures in 24h). For pressure washing, use a surface cleaner to avoid lines.
- **Outdoor Lighting** [9:22] — Add indirect lighting to feature plants and hardscapes; mix hardwired and solar lights for permanent and flexible accents.

### Conclusion

By following these five cheap and easy DIY landscaping tips—from garden bed layout to outdoor lighting—you can significantly boost your home's curb appeal without breaking the bank.

## Transcript

when it comes to landscaping and curb appeal 
I've got five tips plus a few extra bonus tips  
that are going to help you get where you want to 
be when it comes to tip number one I'm going to  
be referencing garden beds now as far as the 
layout of your garden bed goes there's a few  
simple tools that you probably already have around 
the house that are going to help you make sure you  
get everything lined up just how you want we're 
going to start with a hose as well as some string  
now you can probably see where I'm going with 
this the hose is flexible but not too flexible  
and a string is going to be perfect for a 
straight line so this is going to allow you  
to lay out your garden and get that organic look 
that everybody's going for and this is going to  
give you that straight line but it's not limited 
to just a straight line by tapping some spikes  
in the ground and pulling this from one end to 
the other you can also wrap this around a tree  
and use it to trace out a diameter or if you just 
need a perfect circle in your lawn somewhere you  
can simply Hammer a stake in the ground and Trace 
that out whether you're using a hose or a string  
it is going to be ideal to go ahead and Mark those 
lines with a can of spray paint and that is going  
to set up the next step in the process which is 
cutting the perfect Edge in those garden beds  
okay to get started I'm gonna I'm gonna Begin 
by raking back some of this mulch away from  
the edge since we need to dig that edge out I'm 
going to get this mulch back into the garden bed  
and then we can begin cutting that edge with our 
Edge tool okay so you've got your garden bed all  
laid out and now you're trying to figure out how 
you're going to cut the edge so that it not only  
looks good but you can keep the grass from growing 
in to the garden bed and the problem with that is  
eventually it is going to work its way into the 
garden bed so everything that you do whether it  
be plastic edging you're going to have to keep up 
with it after a couple of years you might get a  
little bit longer with some plastic edging however 
a good clean line like this is not only easy to  
achieve but it's easy to maintain whereas with 
plastic edging when it comes time to repair it  
you're going to have to rip it all out clean 
it up put either new stuff back down or come  
back to a nice clean Edge like this now the way 
to get a nice clean Edge like this is to make a  
vertical cut about four inches deep into the soil 
and then taper back your garden bed on about a 45  
degree angle that will allow you to add the mulch 
to your garden bed and roll it over into a try  
off of March and that will keep the lawn from 
growing into the garden bed all right so now that  
I got this whole Edge kind of cleaned out with 
the edging tool I'm going to come back and just  
clean up the edge of the lawn so any grass that is 
hanging over gets kind of cut off before we back  
fill it with that mulch now when you're edging a 
a garden bed like this even with the mulch back in  
what I normally do is I take the the edger or 
string trimmer and I flip it over upside down  
and then you hold it like this and you walk 
backwards that's because when this rotates it's  
going to be kicking out all the mulch and grass 
clippings that that way so if you're holding it  
upside down and walking backwards it's all 
all the spray is going to be away from you
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so the next tip on the list is going to be pruning 
trees now trees some of the limbs on this tree  
need to be cut up because the tree is too low 
to mow under otherwise you might just need to  
prune the trees usually people go straight for the 
chainsaw which these are a lot of fun to play with  
however that is a big expensive and dangerous tool 
the other thing is with a chainsaw blade you can't  
really get down into the dirt what you might not 
know is that that reciprocating saw that's been  
collecting dust that you got in that combo kit all 
you got to do is put a pruning blade on the end of  
it and you're ready to go rip through some Limbs 
and prune some trees not only is this going to cut  
through small limbs really quickly and efficiently 
it's going to be safe because it's only going  
when you got the trigger on it it's not a loud 
obnoxious tool like a typical chainsaw is and  
you can bury this blade in the dirt and it's no 
big deal when it comes time to replace the blades  
they're super cheap and inexpensive to replace 
therefore this is tip number two on the list  
now tip number three is going to be for planting 
and lawn care when it comes to planting there  
is an auger attachment for your drill if you 
haven't seen these I highly recommend you go  
get one it's perfect it's the perfect size for 
planting small plants but also you can drill a  
few holes around larger plants loosen up that 
soil and get it out with a small shovel before  
putting your plants into the ground now another 
thing you want to do before putting a plant into  
the ground is you want to add a little bit of 
starter fertilizer to the hole and you can mix  
that in with the additional soil as well as the 
existing soil mix that all together and then put  
your pack that around your new plant into the 
ground and then you can take the bottom of a  
shovel or the end the butt end of a shovel and 
pack that soil in around the plant so there's  
no voids in the air and all of these steps are 
going to give your plant the best chance for  
Success on the other hand as far as managing your 
lawn you've got a few different options now one  
you can do all the research yourself and figure 
out what you're going to need to put down go to  
the store or get the right stuff come back put 
it down and you're good or you can hire one of  
those expensive lawn services to come out and 
apply it for you and it takes all the work off  
your plate the third option is a brand like 
Sunday who actually will customize the lawn  
plan for you based on your address figuring out 
exactly what you need what time of year you need  
to put it down and they will deliver it to your 
doorstep making it quick and easy to do all the  
extra leg work behind the scenes and get you 
the product you need to put down on your lawn  
now the custom plan that Sunday put together for 
me included the core endurance which is going to  
help promote growth in the early spring time and 
then they provided the core sea green which is  
going to help keep things green in the late summer 
when we've got those hotter drier months [Music]  
foreign so if you want to learn more about 
Sunday lawn care make sure you check out the  
link in the description which is getsunday.com 
engineer and use code engineer20 to get 20 off  
all lawn care plans when it comes to maintaining 
your concrete whether that be your sidewalk or  
your driveway your approach whatever it may be 
eventually it's inevitable we're going to end  
up with cracks in the concrete luckily dap has a 
the perfect product to fill those cracks it is a  
dry mortar mix they're concrete crack filler 
it's got a a polymer a dry polymer and zero  
shrinkage which is great because you simply 
just pour it into place level it out with a  
brush and then come back and Mist it within 
four hours it's ready for light use and it's  
fully cured within 24 hours now a bonus tip for 
maintaining your concrete is pressure washing we  
all know that pressure washing your house is a 
good idea if you've got some mold or mildew on  
there and you need to get that off that's pretty 
straightforward but when it comes to concrete  
whether it be pavers or your actual concrete 
approach your sidewalks or whatnot people break  
out their pressure washers all the time and go 
to town with the nozzle that came with it the  
problem with that is you always will end up 
with lines in your concrete and it just looks  
really really bad now if a turbo nozzle came with 
your pressure washer this is going to be a better  
alternative than the standard nozzle this is 
going to swirl the pressure washer head around  
this kind of swirls around in there and creates 
more disbursement of the the pressure itself but  
I highly recommend this attachment right here 
this is a Surface Cleaner and the cool thing  
about this is it hooks directly to the nozzle 
on your pressure washer the handle and this  
thing inside spins around at about a million 
miles an hour and it gives you a very nice even  
consistent clean it's even nicely encapsulated 
so that all the overspray doesn't go everywhere  
it's self-contained underneath of this it keeps 
the nozzle head and the exact height off of the  
surface so you get that nice consistent clean 
and not only does it do it consistently it does  
it way faster because because you're cleaning this 
entire surface area versus just a small area with  
even the turbo nozzle so I highly recommend go out 
and get a service cleaner and clean your sidewalks  
and concrete approaches even your paper patios 
and all that stuff and you will thank me now  
that you've got your Landscaping all dialed in you 
can really make it pop at night with some outdoor  
lighting which brings me to my fifth and final 
tip outdoor lighting it is an easy way to make  
this Landscaping come alive at night by adding 
some indirect lighting to those feature plants  
whether it be trees or shrubs that you really want 
to highlight if you've got some great hardscapes  
in your yard like we do with Boulder walls you can 
also highlight those as well that soft indirect  
lighting is really easy on the eyes and looks 
great at night if you want to go for a permanent  
approach you can hardwire those lights in it takes 
a little bit more work but it is worth it in the  
long run or if you want to go for the cheap and 
easy route you can get some simple solar lights  
and those will work just as well even though you 
might have to replace them every few years as a  
matter of fact we've actually mixed the two 
when we were building the house we installed  
some permanent hardwired lights to Accent those 
retaining walls and then once we got all our  
Landscaping done we came back in with some solar 
lights to really accent the plants that went into  
the garden beds thanks for watching all the way 
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